Examinations of Oppression by a Lover of Consensual Subjugation

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The numbers are in for Transgender Day of Remembrance for 2011. Sadly, there was another increase this year. 221 trans people were killed in hate crimes, or suspected hate crimes, the world over. This is an increase of 24% over the reported number for 2010 (179).

Since Transgender Europe and the Trans Murder Monitor Project began in January of 2008, 775 trans people have been killed. That is more than one murder for every two days, and most countries in the world still don’t report deaths of transpeople, so the real number is likely quite a bit higher than that.

A list of names of those confirmed to have been killed between November 20, 2010 and November 14, 2011 who were transgender or gender non-conforming is included below

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Morwen Edhelwen is a soon-to-be graduate student in the Social Sciences. She is passionate about understanding and challenging prejudice, discrimination, and systemic oppression. She believes that the world is never black and white and that everything is a simplification.

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